Ryan Gillenwater Wins Fastest Short Track Show
TOLEDO, Ohio (June 10, 2016) – Ryan Gillenwater earned his first victory in the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple pulling into the winner’s circle at the conclusion of the All American Coach/Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Fastest Short Track Show in World at Toledo Speedway on Friday, June 10.
Five-time series champion Jason Blonde led the opening five laps with Gillenwater taking the lead on the sixth circuit and pacing the final 25 laps of the race. At the checkered flag, Gillenwater finished .324 seconds ahead of defending series champion Aaron Pierce. Bobby Santos Jr. crossed the line in third with Derek Snyder and Jerry Caryer rounding out the top five.
In preliminary action, Pierce and Geoff Kaiser won heat races. Pierce was the Hamilton Trucking Fast Qualifier with a lap of 12.353 seconds at 145.714 mph.
| A MAIN RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 30 | |
| 2 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 30 | |
| 3 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 30 | |
| 4 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 30 | |
| 5 | 75c | Jerry Caryer | 29 | |
| 6 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 27 | |
| 7 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 25 | |
| 8 | 99 | Geoff Kaiser | 8 | |
| 9 | 10G | Tom Geren | 5 | |
| 10 | 64 | Tyler Roahrig | 2 | |
| HEAT RACE #1 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 6 | |
| 2 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 6 | |
| 3 | 75c | Jerry Caryer | 6 | |
| 4 | 10G | Tom Geren | 6 | |
| 5 | 64 | Tyler Roahrig | 1 | |
| HEAT RACE #2 RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 99 | Geoff Kaiser | 6 | |
| 2 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 6 | |
| 3 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 6 | |
| 4 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 6 | |
| 5 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 6 | |
| QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | TIME | DIFF | MPH | |||
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 12.353 | – | 145.714 | |||
| 2 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 12.659 | 0.306 | 106.643 | |||
| 3 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 12.755 | 0.402 | 105.841 | |||
| 4 | 22 | Derek Snyder | 13.163 | 0.810 | 102.560 | |||
| 5 | 88 | Jimmy McCune | 13.243 | 0.890 | 101.941 | |||
| 6 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 13.287 | 0.934 | 101.603 | |||
| 7 | 75c | Jerry Caryer | 13.353 | 1.000 | 101.101 | |||
| 8 | 99 | Geoff Kaiser | 13.523 | 1.170 | 99.830 | |||
| 9 | 64 | Tyler Roahrig | 14.878 | 2.525 | 90.738 | |||
| 10 | 100 | Tom Patterson | 15.141 | 2.788 | 89.162 | |||
| 11 | 10G | Tom Geren | 15.344 | 2.991 | 87.982 | |||
| 12 | 50 | Brian Gerster | No Time | |||||
| 13 | 12 | John Turnull Jr. | No Time | |||||
